Enigma
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Actor: Brigitte Fossey, David Baxt, Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, Yves BeneytonBrand: Trinity
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-17
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: T-1393
Studio: Trinity Home Ent
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- East German defector turned CIA agent, Alex Holbeck (Martin Sheen) is assigned to discover the names of five Soviet dissidents targeted by a ruthless KGB hit squad. In order to stop this diabolic plot, Holbeck must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from Enigma, a Russian computer component. But when he arrives in Berlin, his cover is blown and Holbeck quickly seeks shelter with
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DVD Review: Poor excuse for a spy thriller
Summary: 2 Stars
"Engima" is a 1983 black and white spy thriller starring Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, and Brigette Fossey. It was directed by French director Jeannot Szwarc.
Martin Sheen was hot in 1983. He had been nominated for an Emmy for his performances in "The Execution of Private Slovak" (1974) and "Taxi!!" (1978) and for a Golden Globe in "The Subject was Roses" (1968) and "Blind Ambition" (1979). "Apocalypse Now" (1979) had been a huge hit and the TV mini series "Kennedy" in which he played the President was ongoing.
French director Jeannot Szwarc started in TV in the late 60s then turned to films with "Jaws 2" (1978) and "Somewhere in Time" (1980). "Engima" was his next film, but before long he returned to TV where he has worked exclusively . Szwarc said he was trying to create a film as good as "The Third Man" (1949).
What we don't have is another "Third Man". The acting is mediocre, the action is extremely slow, and the photography is dull. The story is OK and there are some good twists and turns, but overall it is disappointing. The NY Times said "this is the spy film at its most absurdly hard-boiled and at its most icily perfunctory".
When you think of great spy films, circa 1980, the ones that come to mind are Hitchcock's "North By Northwest" (1969), "The Lady Vanishes" (1938), and "Notorious" (1946), Richard Burton's "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965), and "Three Days of the Condor" (1975). Fans of the spy thrillers would do better viewing any of these films.
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